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I recently sold my sporty and am looking at this 2002 Night Train, I wanted to get everyone's opinion on what they thought of the bike and what I should look out for.
Without looking anything up or seeing the bike $8500 doesn't sound unreasonable.
Cam chain tensioners might be an issue? Forum members will chime in. I know they were an issue on the 88 TC up to 2005 but not sure when the issue started.
Is there anyway to check if they're bad with out having to open up the cam covers?
I'm planning to take a one of these mechanic stethoscopes and listening to the primary, trans, lifters, and cams, is there anything else you guys think I should look out for?
Nope, open the cam cover, you can see the outer shoe clearly. Use a dental mirror to check the inner. If they're good, repeat every 10,000 miles.
Since you've got an '02 with the good crank and Timken Lefty bearing, put gear drive cams in when the time comes and ride it forever. Congrats!
and what years does this "good crank and bearing" end at, being that i have an 05' im just curious. i just cleared the 10k mark and wondering when this cam tensioner issue is gonna hit me, i heard somewhere around the 15k-20k mark.
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